diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCallIntention.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCallIntention.kt
index bee3ba3d576..e96cb029865 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCallIntention.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCallIntention.kt
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ class RemoveEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCallIntention : SelfTargetingRangeIntentio
         val parent = element.parent as? KtCallExpression ?: return null
         val singleLambdaArgument = parent.lambdaArguments.singleOrNull() ?: return null
         if (element.getLineNumber(start = false) != singleLambdaArgument.getLineNumber(start = true)) return null
-        val prevCall = element.getPrevSiblingIgnoringWhitespaceAndComments() as? KtCallExpression
-        if (prevCall?.lambdaArguments?.let { it.size > 0 } == true
-            || prevCall?.valueArguments?.any { it.getArgumentExpression() is KtLambdaExpression } == true) return null
-        return element.range
+        element.getPrevSiblingIgnoringWhitespaceAndComments() as? KtCallExpression ?: return element.range
+        return null
     }
 
     override fun applyTo(element: KtValueArgumentList, editor: Editor?) {
diff --git a/idea/testData/intentions/removeEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCall/afterLambda3.kt b/idea/testData/intentions/removeEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCall/afterLambda3.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8c676c2ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/intentions/removeEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCall/afterLambda3.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// IS_APPLICABLE: false
+
+fun returnFun2(i: Int): (() -> Unit) -> Unit = {}
+
+fun test22() {
+    returnFun2(1)()<caret> {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java
index cc8ddb9520d..4809d8e4ac7 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/IntentionTestGenerated.java
@@ -12532,6 +12532,11 @@ public class IntentionTestGenerated extends AbstractIntentionTest {
             runTest("idea/testData/intentions/removeEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCall/afterLambda2.kt");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("afterLambda3.kt")
+        public void testAfterLambda3() throws Exception {
+            runTest("idea/testData/intentions/removeEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCall/afterLambda3.kt");
+        }
+
         public void testAllFilesPresentInRemoveEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCall() throws Exception {
             KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("idea/testData/intentions/removeEmptyParenthesesFromLambdaCall"), Pattern.compile("^([\\w\\-_]+)\\.(kt|kts)$"), TargetBackend.ANY, true);
         }